The kidnapping charge was added to the list because just before the execution-style killing spree began, Goh allegedly took one student hostage as he entering the classroom, according to Johanna Watson, the Oakland Police Department spokesperson. It was then that he lined up the students against the classroom wall and began to shoot, she explained.

Goh, currently being held in Alameda County's Santa Rita Jail, told authorities that he was upset about being expelled from the Christian college.